CU-Boulder’s ATLAS Institute to host renowned kinetic sculptor Trimpin Nov. 11–14
Editors: A preview event has been scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the ATLAS Black Box Experimental Studio. Media planning to attend should contact Trent Knoss at 303-735-0528 or trent.knoss@colorado.edu. Trimpin will also be available for interviews upon request.
The ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder will host renowned sound artist and kinetic sculptor Trimpin from Nov. 11-14 as he works alongside students to create an interactive sound installation out of a variety of found objects.
The project will be revealed from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, in the ATLAS Institute Black Box Experimental Studio. The event is free and open to the public.
Trimpin is a Seattle-based artist whose work integrates sculpture and sound across a variety of media including fixed installation, live music, theater and dance performance. He is the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts.
"Trimpin's art is highly technical and inventive,” said Mark D. Gross, director of the ATLAS Institute at CU-Boulder. “This is an amazing opportunity for our students who are doing similar work, but also for anyone who is surprised and delighted by the creative use of technology.”
Trimpin’s most iconic art installation is the towering column of self-playing guitars on permanent display at Seattle’s Experience Music Project Museum. Other works include a chime triggered by U.S. Geological Survey earthquake data and a coin-activated mallet instrument constructed out of wooden clog shoes.
The ATLAS Institute at CU-Boulder is a center of interdisciplinary research, learning, and collaboration in engineering, creative technologies and design. Attracting researchers and students whose interests bridge the artistic and technical, the building houses the Interactive Robotics and Novel Technologies Lab, the BTU Lab hackerspace, the Laboratory for Playful Computation, the Black Box Experimental Studio and the National Center for Women and Information Technology.
Details
What: Trimpin at the ATLAS Institute
When: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 from 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Where: ATLAS Institute Black Box Experimental Studio, 1125 18th St., basement level B2
Admission: Free and open to the public
Parking: Euclid AutoPark, located between Broadway and 18th Street
Contact:
Nick Sutcliffe, ATLAS Institute, 303-735-6153
nick.sutcliffe@colorado.edu
Trent Knoss, CU-Boulder media relations, 303-735-0528
trent.knoss@colorado.edu